Reposted from the my interview with Lillian Schrock at the Corvallis Gazette-Times. Photos by Anibal Ortiz. Enjoy! One of the first things Katherine Roy did after moving to Corvallis last year was go to the library. “My husband said, ‘Let’s see if they have your shark book. If they ha

In celebration of this year’s Shark Week, I am giving away a 16″ x 20″ giclee print of one of my favorite spreads from my first book, NEIGHBORHOOD SHARKS! To enter the contest, all you need to do is answer the question “what is your favorite thing about great w

Last week, I had the privilege of speaking to nearly 1,000 students about great white sharks and the process of making books. As always, I had a blast—school and library visits are among my favorite things—and as always, the students were armed and ready with an endless supply of exce

The past few months have been full of many things: writing a manuscript, drawing a book, attending my first library conference, and—last but not least—getting ready for a baby! My son is due to arrive any day now, forever changing the lives of my husband and I in ways that we can̵

Last month was a big month for Neighborhood Sharks. Not only did the book win a John Burroughs Riverby Award for Young Readers, it was also named as a finalist for the Eighth Annual Children’s Choice Awards for Debut Author!! Every year the Children’s Book Council and the

Last weekend I had the privilege of talking about Neighborhood Sharks with kids, parents, and educators at Bear Pond Books in beautiful (and snowy) Montpelier, Vermont. I had a wonderful time sharing my process and research behind the book, and best of all were the incredible question

Yikes!! I’m so excited to share that yesterday morning at the 2015 ALA Youth Media Awards, Neighborhood Sharks was named a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book for 2014 nonfiction in children’s literature! WOW WOW WOW! The annual American Library Association mid-winter conference is held in Ch

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of sitting down with Nick Patton of The Picturebooking Podcast to talk about my process, my research, and the story behind Neighborhood Sharks. I’m really proud of this interview—it’s an intimate look at how I think and work through